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From the moment the massive movement of US defensive forces commenced deployment to the Gulf, it was obvious that all four branches of the Department of Defense would be heavily committed. To ensure security of Saudi territory and other Gulf states, a host of US Air Force squadrons were hurriedly dispatched during early August to bolster local air defences. At the same time several aircraft carrier battle groups moved to waters around the Gulf and in the Red Sea to provide additional air power and help implement the blockade of shipping attempting to deliver supplies to Iraq itself

AS US FORCES continue to pour into the region, the Pentagon released a breakdown of US hardware deployed in combat-ready units as at December 13. In addition to the land forces, which now include 750 main battle tanks and large numbers of other armoured vehicles together with considerable heavy artillery, the air element is quoted as now comprising the following: 90 air superiority fighters (USN F-14A/F-14A+ Tomcats and USAF F-15C Eagles), 335 strike/ground-attack aircraft (USAF A-1 OA/OA-1 OA Thunderbolt, F-111F, and F-117A; USN A-6E Intruder and USMC AV-8B Harrier II), 220 dual-role aircraft (USAF GD F-16C and F-15E Eagle:

MASS DEPLOYMENT of Iraqi troops on the Kuwaiti border between October 5 and 9 for once brought about a swift response I from Allied forces and particularly the USA. The build-up of US forces in the region under Operation Vigilant Warrior included aircraft of the 1st Wing from Langley AFB (9 F-15s); 9th Wing from Beale AFB (four U-2s and six KC-135s); 23rd Wing from Pope AFB, North Carolina (18 F-16s, 14 C-130s, 24 O/A-10s); and the 20th FW from Shaw AFB, South Carolina (12 F-16s).

The C-17A saw its operational capabilities put to the test for the first time,

According to the British "The Mirror", Christmas gifts for inmates Zhodino and Bobruisk orphanages already packed. This is approximately two thousand toys. To each of them attached photo malehankih missing girls.For disk imaging editions action was organized recently made a charitable foundation "Madeline." His goal — to draw attention around the world catastrophic fate of this and encourage girls to find her in the midst of the inhabitants of the most diverse states.After, as recent reports of global media that beheld girlfriend in August in Morocco were incorrect, McCain lost another hope returned daughter. Yet, Gerry and Kate expressed their

September 22 showed Iran on the march 30 missiles with a range of 2,000 km (1,350 miles), which can hit targets in Israel, reports Defense News. Ballistic missiles types Sejil (12 units, sketch) and Ghadr (18) have been demonstrated in a military parade in honor of the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88 years). These missiles can reach areas not only of Israel, and the U.S. military bases in the Persian Gulf. But in his speech at the parade, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Hassan Rowhani) insisted that it was only defensive weapons. «In the last 200 years, Iran has never

Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK), one of the world's largest manufacturers of tubular products for the oil and gas industry, has acquired 55% stake in Pipe Plant Gulf International Pipe Industry LLC (GIPI), located in the Sultanate of Oman.

Facilities enable annually produce more than 200,000 tonnes of welded OCTG and line pipe for oil and gas industry. The main consumers of the company are now the largest oil and gas companies operating in the Persian Gulf.

September 22 showed Iran on the march 30 missiles with a range of 2,000 km (1,350 miles), which can hit targets in Israel, reports Defense News. Ballistic missiles types Sejil (12 units, sketch) and Ghadr (18) have been demonstrated in a military parade in honor of the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88 years). These missiles can reach areas not only of Israel, and the U.S. military bases in the Persian Gulf. But in his speech at the parade, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Hassan Rowhani) insisted that it was only defensive weapons. «In the last 200 years, Iran has never

September 29, 2013. Storm mist — this week at the Capital Region poured nearly ten times the rate of precipitation and weather forecasters managed to upset half the country — instead of the promised Indian summer came to woman's winter. Mexico attacked simultaneously two hurricanes: from the Atlantic and the Pacific, Asia, the sky is pouring so hard that even the rainy season rate exceeded tenfold. It seems that abyss of heaven opened wide. And this is not the end — Europe already promised the coldest winter for a hundred years, and America — a powerful cyclone.

The State Commission held a U.S. investigation into the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, which arose as a result of an explosion on an oil platform BP.Komissiya concluded led to the tragedy of the policy of BP and its partners to reduce the costs of providing security. The commission&#39;s report noted that many of the solutions BP, Halliburton and Transocean, which increased the likelihood of an explosion of an oil platform have enabled these companies to "save time and money."

An explosion on a drilling platform Deepwater Horizon, which is leased by British Petroleum, occurred on April

The head of the state company "Iranian Railways" Abdul Saheb Ali Mohammadi and RZD President Vladimir Yakunin on Saturday agreed to the railway network connecting the Persian Gulf with the European railways, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported on the results held in Moscow between talks.

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According to IRNA, the meeting was held on the sidelines of the Second Railway Congress, which Yakunin invited Mohammadi. Both sides stressed the need to combine yuzhnoiranskogo port city of Bandar Abbas (located on the shore of the Persian Gulf), with Europe via Russia.

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